Most Lethal Terrorist Groups In The World | 1970 - 2021 ⚔️📊

This data visualization ranks total (cumulative) deaths by terrorist group from 1970 through 2021. The map insert tracks international terrorist attacks by month for the given year; the size and scale of the dots are determined by the estimated death count. The graph at the bottom tracks the cumulative number of global terrorist attacks broken down by the following regions: MENA (Middle East and North Africa), Americas (North America and South America), Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

Highlights:
00:00 Irish Republican Army (IRA)
00:15 Protestant extremists
00:25 Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
00:35 Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) in Iran
00:47 Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in El Salvador
01:02 Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN)
01:13 Shining Path in Peru (SL)
01:26 New People's Army (NPA) in Philippines
01:41 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka
01:51 Hutu extremists
02:04 Al-qaida (al-qaeda)
02:23 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
02:35 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC)
02:50 Taliban
03:00 Islamic State (ISIS / ISIL)
03:16 9/11 footage

Top Terrorists Group by Cumulative Total Deaths:
Taliban 45,210
Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) 44,949
Boko Haram 23,637
Al-Qaida 13,060
Shining Path (SL) 11,608
Al-Shabaab 11,372
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 10,778
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) 8,065
Nicaraguan Democratic Force (FDN) 6,662
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) 6,311
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 5,661
Houthi extremists (Ansar Allah) 5,561
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) 5,291
New People's Army (NPA) 4,728
Fulani extremists 4,685
Hutu extremists 4,102
Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic State 3,564
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) 3,123
Al-Nusrah Front 2,977
Sikh Extremists 2,813
Nat'l Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) 2,726
Mozambique National Resistance Movement (MNR) 2,560
Communist Party of India - Maoist (CPI-Maoist) 2,488
Muslim extremists 1,832
Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) 1,826

GTD (*) Definition of Terrorism and Inclusion Criteria:
The GTD defines a terrorist attack as the threatened or actual use of illegal force and violence by
a non-state actor to attain a political, economic, religious, or social goal through fear, coercion,
or intimidation. In practice this means in order to consider an incident for inclusion in the GTD,
all three of the following attributes must be present:
 The incident must be intentional – the result of a conscious calculation on the part of a
perpetrator.
 The incident must entail some level of violence or immediate threat of violence -including
property violence, as well as violence against people.
 The perpetrators of the incidents must be sub-national actors. The database does not
include acts of state terrorism.

In addition, at least two of the following three criteria must be present for an incident to be
included in the GTD:
 Criterion 1: The act must be aimed at attaining a political, economic, religious, or social
goal. In terms of economic goals, the exclusive pursuit of profit does not satisfy this
criterion. It must involve the pursuit of more profound, systemic economic change.
 Criterion 2: There must be evidence of an intention to coerce, intimidate, or convey some
other message to a larger audience (or audiences) than the immediate victims. It is the act
taken as a totality that is considered, irrespective if every individual involved in carrying out
the act was aware of this intention. As long as any of the planners or decision-makers
behind the attack intended to coerce, intimidate or publicize, the intentionality criterion is
met.
 Criterion 3: The action must be outside the context of legitimate warfare activities. That is,
the act must be outside the parameters permitted by international humanitarian law,
insofar as it targets non-combatants

📊 Data:
(*) Global Terrorism Database | https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/

🎵 Tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEL1Nt6rJk&t=40s

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DISCLAIMER: This graph is based on the most current available public data. It will be updated when there is new data available.